Marion County man sentenced for firearms charge

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Terrance Cecil Clark, of Fairmont, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 41 months of incarceration for a firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Clark,…

Berkeley County man admits to drug charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Daniel Hardy, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Hardy, 33, pleaded guilty today to one count…

Marshall County man admits to firearms charge

WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA – Edward Lee Nelson, of Moundsville, West Virginia, has admitted to a firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Nelson, 29, pleaded guilty today to one…

Pennsylvania man admits to firearms charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Solomon Williams, of Reading, Pennsylvania, has admitted to his role in a firearms trafficking conspiracy, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Williams, 28, pleaded guilty today…

Berkeley County man admits to role in drug trafficking and firearms conspiracy

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Brandon Benjamin, of Bunker Hill, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Benjamin, 24, pleaded guilty today to one…

Inmate admits to assault charge, sentenced

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jamarcus Darnell Torrey, an inmate at Federal Corrections Institution Hazelton in Preston County, has admitted to an assault charge and was sentenced to 48 additional months of incarceration,…

Georgia man sentenced to 14 years for drug distribution

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – William Gregory Chappell, of Cartersville, Georgia, was sentenced today to 168 months for drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Chappell, age…

Treasury Nominee Blasted Manchin For Not Being ‘On The Democratic Side’

President Joe Biden’s nominee for the comptroller of the currency blasted Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin in early 2020, saying he “is supposed to be on the Democratic side” as she…

Twenty-one facing multiple drug and firearms charges

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Twenty-one people are facing charges involving drug trafficking and firearms in Barbour and Randolph Counties, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. “Methamphetamine continues to be a…

Biden’s ‘Marxist’ Treasury Nominee Wants To Bankrupt, ‘Starve’ Fossil Fuel Industry To Tackle Climate Change

President Joe Biden’s nominee for a key Treasury Department role admitted that oil, natural gas and coal firms need to go bankrupt to prevent climate change, a resurfaced video showed. “Here what…

Beckley Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Crime

BECKLEY, W.Va. – A Beckley man pleaded guilty to a federal gun crime. According to court documents, Kaine William Durham, 25, was stopped by law enforcement in Beckley on November 7,…

Man Pleads Guilty to Escape Charge

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Robert Reid, 26, pleaded guilty yesterday to an escape charge. According to court documents, on August 8, 2021, Reid left Dismas Charities, Inc., a Bureau of Prisons residential reentry…

Marion Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl

ABINGDON, Va. – A Marion, Virginia man pleaded guilty last week to possession with the intent to distribute the deadly drug fentanyl. Dakota Shadoe Tunnell, 21, became known to law enforcement in…

Parkersburg Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Federal Drug Crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Justin Andrew Beardsley, 33, of Parkersburg, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court records, the Parkesburg Police…

Ohio man sentenced for methamphetamine and firearms charges

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – John Palmer, of Lore City, Ohio, was sentenced today to 63 months of incarceration for drug and firearms charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Palmer,…

New Jersey man admits to role in drug conspiracy

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Aquilino Javier Lorenzo-Rivera, of Blackwood, New Jersey, has admitted to his role in a drug conspiracy that spanned several states, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced.…

Mineral County man sentenced for methamphetamine distribution

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Adam Michael, of Burlington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 102 months of incarceration for methamphetamine distribution, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Michael, age 39,…

Jefferson County man admits to drug charge

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Robert Gordon Farmer, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has admitted to a drug charge, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Farmer, 45, pleaded guilty today to…

Berkeley County man sentenced for firearms violation

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Nathan Johnson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to three years of probation for a firearms violation, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Johnson, age…

Martinsburg woman sentenced for role in cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation

MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – Jessica Sue Nicholson, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced today to one year of probation for her role in a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl distribution operation, United States…

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